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probable as the inscription belongs to a place which was included in the Cāhamāna kingdom of Nadol at least from V.S. 117625 to 121326. But the reading of the year is quite untenable, as the known record of Kațuka is dated V.S. 117227, those of Kāyapala are dated V.S. 118928 to 120229 and those of Kelhaņa are dated V.S. 122030 to 123631 and, therefore, the date of Kațudeva's record can be neither V.S. 1200 (which falls within the reign of Kāyapāla) nor V.S. 1231 (which falls within the reign of Kelhaņa). As Ojha remarks, the inscription is in a very bad state of preservation, and the reading cannot be taken as warranted32. As the reign of Kațukarāja can be dated between V.S. 116733 and V.S. 117834 at the most, it is probable that the date of Sevadi inscription of Kațudeva may better be read (11)71 rather than (12)31.
In this context it may also be observed that the records of both the Kota region and the Jodhpur region in Rajasthan are usually dated in the Vikrama era and that no dates are given in the Simha era in any of these records.
25. Bhandarkar's List No. 182 26. Ibid., No. 289 27. Ibid., No. 189 28. Ibid., No. 226 29. Ibid., No. 267 30. Ibid, No. 318 31. Ibid , Nos. 384, 85 32. Ojha, op.cit., p. 182, f.. n. 6 33. RLARBP., p. 357 34. Ibid., Kielhorn, 14., Vol. XXII, p. 109
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